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Daily Crunch: Dronamics lands $40M pre-Series A for cargo drones that ‘can cross all of Europe in 12 hours or less’

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And we have five more for you: Internet at the speed of light : Catherine reports that Singapore-based Transcelestial uses lasers to build affordable internet networks. Fantas3 sports : Binance-backed web3 gaming startup Unagi gets funding to expand fantasy sports platform, Paul reports. We’re okay? :

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Emotional marketing and an e-mail titan walk into a bar

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Precursor Ventures’ Charles Hudson on ‘the conversation no one has during an upmarket’ Internet is the new Miami. To quote Winnie CEO and co-founder Sara Mauskopf, “Internet is the new Miami.” Banana Capital’s debut fund is for internet-first founders. million in funding.

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New media venture in India helping readers discern signal from noise

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The startup, which plans to expand its coverage into more areas including sports and launch newer products, isn’t currently charging its readers and listeners. The founding team also includes former Google India public policy executive Rajneil Kamath and Chinmay Bhogle , who previously worked at Times Internet, Star Sports and Tata Motors.

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Russell Westbrook, Chainsmokers join group pouring $13.5M into prebiotic soda brand Poppi

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The investor group includes CAVU Ventures as well as sports and entertainment celebrities like Russell Westbrook, the Chainsmokers, 24kGoldn, Kygo, Halsey, Kevin Love, Ellie Goulding, Olivia Munn, Nicole Scherzinger, Chantel Jeffries, Bryce Hall, Noah Beck, Josh Richards, Griffin Johnson and Blake Gray.

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Emperia is helping brands like Bloomingdales build shopping experiences in VR

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internet users were expected to shop in VR ahead of the 2022 holiday season. Despite competition from vendors like Obsess and ByondXR, Emperia has 45 customers across sectors including fashion, beauty, luxury apparel and sports. A separate poll of over 2,000 U.S.

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Crypto-driven marketplace Zora raises $2M to build a sustainable creator economy

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We have the internet now, we can literally create and share information to billions of people all at once, and the ownership system is the same as when people had to get on a boat for six months to send a letter. Any community on the internet should be able to come together, with capital, and work towards any shared vision.

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How to Have an Impact without Electricity and the Internet

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Kona shares the starkly different definitions of ‘basic needs’ between the USA and Haiti and how it affects her productivity and impact…a lesson for us all! I don’t have internet on my phone, don’t work on projects late at night or on weekends, and almost always take a real lunch hour. In the U.S.,